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Living Bad

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A hotel by the northern shore of Portugal welcomes its guests over the weekend. A man is torn between being present for his wife and the space that his mother takes up between the two of them. A mother encourages her daughter’s marriage to enable her own love affair with her son-in-law. Another mother lives through her daughter, preventing her from making her own decisions. Three families at the end of their cycles of acceptance.

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Juan Pablo Russo EscribiendoCine Compared to Bad Living, Living Bad maintains the precision of the structure but reduces the ambiguity. The inverted point of view doesn't transform the meaning, but rather doubles it. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 6/10 Oct 31, 2025 Full Review Diego Batlle Otroscines.com ...considerably more obvious, superficial, and episodic [than Bad Living]...[Full review in Spanish] Rated: 3/5 Oct 29, 2025 Full Review Arthur Goyaz Loud and Clear Reviews Living Bad is by no means a bad film, especially when it carries on some of Bad Living’s ideas while breaking the bleak silence of its sister film. [...] However, the lack of momentum and its anticlimactic ending leads to a bittersweet taste. Rated: 3/5 Aug 7, 2024 Full Review Hector A. Gonzalez InSession Film When divided into two features, Canijo explores, with ease, the complex dynamics each person involved in this narrative has with one another. And it is fascinating to see such ambitious work end up in the filmmaker’s favor. Rated: A- Jul 19, 2023 Full Review Zhuo-Ning Su Awards Daily With striking compositions and a hypnotically rich color palette, DP Leonor Teles has created images of lingering beauty. Feb 24, 2023 Full Review Lee Marshall Screen International A fascinating exercise in ‘narrative reverse-shot’ filmmaking. Feb 24, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews
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João Canijo

Director

Nuno Lopes

Jaime

Filipa Areosa

Camila

Leonor Silveira

Elisa

Rafael Morais

Alex

Lia Carvalho

Graça
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Synopsis A hotel by the northern shore of Portugal welcomes its guests over the weekend. A man is torn between being present for his wife and the space that his mother takes up between the two of them. A mother encourages her daughter’s marriage to enable her own love affair with her son-in-law. Another mother lives through her daughter, preventing her from making her own decisions. Three families at the end of their cycles of acceptance.
Director
João Canijo
Producer
Pedro Borges, Francois d'Artemare
Screenwriter
João Canijo
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Portuguese
Runtime
2h 4m